# lowery

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈlaʊəɹi/ · frequency rank #42,753

## Definitions
1. Dark and gloomy; threatening; lowering.

## Etymology
From lower (“to frown”) + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **lowry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowery-vs-lowry)
- **lowly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowery-vs-lowly)
- **lowest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowery-vs-lowest)
- **lowkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowery-vs-lowkey)
- **lowe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowe-vs-lowery)
- **lower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lower-vs-lowery)
- **lover** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lover-vs-lowery)
- **loser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loser-vs-lowery)
- **lorry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lorry-vs-lowery)
- **loner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loner-vs-lowery)
- **lovey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovey-vs-lowery)
- **leery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leery-vs-lowery)
- **lovely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovely-vs-lowery)
- **lonely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lonely-vs-lowery)
- **lovers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lovers-vs-lowery)
- **Lowell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowell-vs-lowery)
- **Lowers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowers-vs-lowery)
- **livery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/livery-vs-lowery)
- **lottery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lottery-vs-lowery)
- **lowered** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lowered-vs-lowery)

## Common misspellings (9)
`llowery`, `loewry`, `lowerry`, `loweryy`, `loweyr`, `lowrey`, `lowwery`, `lwoery`, `olwery`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lowery